Topband: Receive loop observations

[James Rodenkirch]

I couldn't resist..................K9YC says...."The BEST way to buy ferrite parts is...buy in quantity from industrial distributors...." 

Well, first off, I don't need quantity - I need one or two ferrite cores.....so, I guess I'm "out of luck," eh?????

Let's see ---  to test K9YC's hypothesis, I went shopping, on line, at three distributors, one of which was recommended by K9YC, for two ferrite material cores...

1) Amidon

  2 each FT-114-61 = $4.50
  Shipping = $13.43
  Total: 17.93

2) Newark

  2 each FT-114-61 = $2.60
  Shipping = $9.30
  Total: 11.90

3) W8DIZ' Kits and parts

  4 each FT-114-61 = $7.00
  Shipping = $5.34
  Total: $12.34

Hmmmmmmmmmmm - looks like I can purchase two more of what I need from W8DIZ for $0.44 more than distributor #2......OR, put another way....it would cost me $2.16 more to purchase four cores from Newark than from W8DIZ. Ok, in the context of "fair markup," I guess "reasonable," a term used by myself and K7HP to describe our dealings with W8DIZ, remains an "ok" descriptor.

71.5/72 de Jim R. K9JWV
  

From: Topband <topband-bounces at contesting.com> on behalf of Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 2, 2016 4:04 PM
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Receive loop observations

On Sat,4/2/2016 12:52 PM, HankP wrote:
> BTW Kits and Parts has good assortment of cores at reasonable priceshttp://www.kitsandparts.com/toroids.php  73 Hank K7HP

That depends on how much markup you consider reasonable. The BEST way,
by far, to buy ferrite parts is to buy in quantity from industrial
distributors like Newark, Allied, and other more specialized
distributors that focus on magnetic materials.

73, Jim K9YC
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